Please read. Why do breast fed babies need vaccines so early?

Question

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/microbiology/table2.html

I know, my baby got all the shots too. Was just wondering..

Hey, don't give me that bad question thumb lol

Answer 1

Because doctors make "cover your a**" recommendations instead of ones based on the individual situation of different children.

They recommend that ALL babies get vax'd for hep B at birth. I don't know about you, but MY babies don't usually share needles with their druggie friends or have promiscious sexual partners. They recommend starting at birth so they can hook parents in and get them while the baby is still young and they are coming to the doc regularly to make sure they are growing OK.

Just like the recommend that ALL breastfed babies receive supplemental vitamin D. REALLY.....the only babies who need it are those who never see the sun or are very dark skinned.

Just like they want to do the newborn blood screen on your baby before you leave the hospital.....even if you are leaving before baby is 48 hours old. (The results will mean NOTHING before then as baby hasn't been eating and processing food long enough yet!)

EDITED TO ADD:
Lorrie - The fact that the link is from Australia means nothing. Breastmilk contains pretty much the same stuff on all continents.

Answer 2

As far as I know all babied breastfed or not get the shots at the same time. My babies got shots when they were 2 days old and I was breastfeeding then. And my sister in law has 4 babies and she formula fed all them from birth and they all had to have their first shots at 2 days old.

Answer 3

That University for the page you linked is in Australia which is another continent totally from where a lot of Yahoo Answers persons are from. I live in the United States. What country do you live in? Maybe that explains the difference. And anyway, breastfed babies are said to have stronger immune systems and should be able to handle their shots better.

Answer 4

For one thing, vaccinations are more effective on breastfed babies, so giving them early means that more babies will still be breastfed when getting them. But also, the schedule was set when few babies were ever breastfed, and medical standards change very slowly--plus it would get confusing if some babies were vaccinated early and others late, especially considering that a baby may be breastfed at one doctor's visit and not at the next one.

Answer 5

Breast fed babies do not need their vaccinations early....all children should be getting them at the same time regardless of whether or not they are breast fed or formula fed

Answer 6

Babies get vaccines regardless of age. u sometime has the option to start one at the hospital and then others come as they get older. Usually after three they are done until they start school.

Answer 7

My kids got theirs the same age a formula fed babies.

Answer 8

All babies vaccinations are given at the same age if they are breastfed or not.
They get their first set before they leave the hospital.

Answer 9

My doctor started shots at 6 months old. Some suspect a link between vaccines and autism or sudden infant death syndrome. My doctor preferred to wait until they were older.

Answer 10

i had never heard that before, so i am not sure
vaccinatations are a good thing no matter how early they get them, just as long as they do. :)